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Abiah (Maude) Darby (1717 - 1794)

Abiah Darby formerly Maude aka Sinclair
Born in Sunderland, Durham, Englandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 9 Mar 1746 in Preston Patrick, Westmorland, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , and
Died at age 77 in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Abiah was a Friend (Quaker)

Abiah Darby (born Abiah Maude) was a minister among the Quakers and the wife of Abraham Darby, a member of the family of ironmasters at Coalbrookdale.[1]

Abiah was the sixth daughter of Samuel Maude, a coal fitter of Sunderland, County Durham, and Rachel Warren.[1] She was born at Sunderland, County Durham on 4 January 1716/7 (Quaker 11th month 1716).[2][3]

John Sinclair and Abiah Darby married in about 1734. John died in 1737. They had one child, who died (of smallpox) before her father.[1]

On 9 March 1746 (Quaker 1st month 1745) Abiah married Abraham Darby at the Quaker Meeting House at Park End in Preston Patrick in Westmorland.[4][5] They had the following children:

  • Rachel, born at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire on 2 December (Quaker 10th month) 1746[6][7]
  • Mary, born at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire on 6 October (Quaker 8th month) 1748[8][9]
  • Abraham, born at Coalbrookdale, Shropshire on 24 June (Quaker 4th month) 1750[10][11]
  • Sarah, born at Madeley, Shropshire on 24 August 1752[12][13]
  • Samuel, born at Madeley, Shropshire on 16 January 1755[14][15]
  • William, born at Madeley, Shropshire on 12 December 1756,[16][17] died on 11 July 1757 and was buried at Broseley Quaker burial ground, Shropshire on 14 July[18][19]
  • Jane, born at Madeley, Shropshire on 9 June 1758,[20][21] died on 2 October 1758 and was buried at Broseley Quaker burial ground, Shropshire on 4 October[22][23]

Abiah acted as hostess both to other Quakers and to business contacts of her husband. She also kept a substantial diary.[1]

In 1748 Abiah felt a strong call to serve as a Quaker minister. In that capacity she travelled extensively in England, addressing public meetings as well as gatherings of Quakers.[1] Some of her talks were published, along witty a book of instruction for children in Question and Answer form.[24]

Abiah's husband died in 1763.[25][26]

In her latter years ill-health curtailed her ministry, and she was more and more restricted to staying at her home in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire.[1]

Abiah Darby, of Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, died on 19 June 1794, and was buried at Coalbrookdale Friends Burying Ground on 29 June 1794. Her age was given as about 78.[27][28][29]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry by Nancy Cox for 'Darby [née Maude; other married name Sinclair], Abiah', print and online 2004
  2. ↑ Birth 4th day 11th month 1716: Newcastle upon Tyne Monthly Meeting register of births: The National Archives of the UK: reference RG 6/1253 folio 10: Ancestry Record 7097 #198157
  3. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1253, DURHAM: Monthly Meeting of Newcastle [upon Tyne]: Sunderland, FindMyPast: transcript gives the year as just 1716
  4. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1282, WESTMORELAND: Monthly Meeting meeting for Kendal: Marriages, FindMyPast
  5. ↑ Abraham Darby, of Coalbrookdale, Salop, ironmaster; and Abiah Sinclair, of Kendal, Westmorland, widow; married ninth day of first month commonly called March, 1745; married in Friends' meeting at Park End in Preston Patrick, Westmorland: "9 March 1745" taken to be 1745/46 because it follows a marriage on 30th of 4th month 1745: The National Archives of the UK: Kendal Monthly Meeting marriage register, reference RG 6/1282 Ancestry Record 7097 #6057604
  6. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1327, HEREFORDSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND WALES: Monthly Meeting of Shropshire: Broseley Meeting, births, FindMyPast
  7. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQY2-YM2 : 11 December 2014), Abraham Darby in entry for Rachel Darby, 02 Dec 1746, Birth; citing p. 50, Broseley, Shropshire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
  8. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1327, HEREFORDSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND WALES: Monthly Meeting of Shropshire: Broseley Meeting, births, FindMyPast
  9. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWFB-29Z : 11 December 2014), Abraham Darby in entry for Mary Darby, 06 Oct 1748, Birth; citing p. 33, Shropshire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
  10. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1327, HEREFORDSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND WALES: Monthly Meeting of Shropshire: Broseley Meeting, births, FindMyPast
  11. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWFK-2SW : 11 December 2014), Abraham Darby in entry for Abraham Darby, 24 Jun 1750, Birth; citing p. 33, Shropshire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
  12. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1327, HEREFORDSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND WALES: Monthly Meeting of Shropshire: Broseley Meeting, births, FindMyPast
  13. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQHS-HZJ : 11 December 2014), Abraham Darby in entry for Sarah Darby, 24 Aug 1752, Birth; citing p. 51, Broseley, Shropshire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
  14. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1327, HEREFORDSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND WALES: Monthly Meeting of Shropshire: Broseley Meeting, births, FindMyPast
  15. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW2H-TPD : 11 December 2014), Abraham Darby in entry for Samuel Darby, 16 Jan 1755, Birth; citing p. 35, Shropshire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
  16. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1327, HEREFORDSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND WALES: Monthly Meeting of Shropshire: Broseley Meeting, births, FindMyPast
  17. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQGL-3JP : 11 December 2014), Abraham Darby in entry for William Darby, 12 Dec 1756, Birth; citing p. 53, Broseley, Shropshire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
  18. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1003, HEREFORDSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND WALES: Monthly Meeting of Shropshire: Burials, FindMyPast
  19. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQPJ-JZV : 11 December 2014), William Darby, 14 Jul 1757, Burial; citing p. 25, Broseley, Shropshire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
  20. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1327, HEREFORDSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND WALES: Monthly Meeting of Shropshire: Broseley Meeting, births, FindMyPast
  21. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VWZ9-95Z : 11 December 2014), Abraham Darby in entry for Jane Darby, 09 Jun 1758, Birth; citing p. 36, Shropshire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
  22. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1327, HEREFORDSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND WALES: Monthly Meeting of Shropshire: Broseley Meeting, burials, FindMyPast
  23. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQSV-9ZF : 11 December 2014), Jane Darby, 04 Oct 1758, Burial; citing p. 26, Broseley, Shropshire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
  24. ↑ British Library catalogue, search for "Abiah Darby", web, search undertaken 30 August 2023
  25. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/1327, HEREFORDSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND WALES: Monthly Meeting of Shropshire: Broseley Meeting, FindMyPast
  26. ↑ Abraham Darby of Coalbrookdale, died thirty first day of third month 1763 and buried third day of fourth month: Shropshire Monthly Meeting burial register: The National Archives of the UK, reference RG 6/1003 fol. 17 Ancestry Record 7097 #467376
  27. ↑ Shropshire Monthly Meeting burial register: The National Archives of the UK: reference RG 6/457 folio 68: Ancestry Record 7097 #13439
  28. ↑ The National Archives, ref. RG6/457, HEREFORDSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE AND WALES: Monthly Meeting of Shropshire: Burials, FindMyPast
  29. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQN5-1JY : 11 December 2014), Abiah Darby, 29 Jun 1794, Burial; citing p. 61, Shropshire, Montgomeryshire & Merionethshire, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London

See also:

  • Rachel Labouchere, Abiah Darby of Coalbrookdale, 1716-1793: Wife of Abraham Darby II, William Sessions, 1988
  • Wikidata: Item Q2821601 help.gif
  • Wikipedia:Abiah Darby
  • Arthur Raistrick, Dynasty of Iron Founders. The Darbys and Coalbrookdale, 2nd edition, William Sessions, 1989




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I have added information about her second marriage and children. I plan to do more on this profile on behalf of the Quakers Project soon.
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